When Deb loses her most precious possession--the notes to her graduate thesis--she unwittingly starts a chain of events that turns the ordinary days of four New Yorkers into something extraordinary. Told through a series of intricately connected songs and vignettes, Ordinary Days is an original musical about growing up and enjoying the view. [2M, 2F; no intermission]

After a childhood full of wonder, Billy Argo, boy detective, faces a mystery he can't comprehend: the shocking death of his younger sister and crime-solving partner, Caroline. Ten years later, 30-year-old Billy returns to his hometown determined to solve the mystery and right old wrongs--but what he discovers instead is a world full of unimaginable strangeness, beauty, and love. [6M, 4F; one intermission]

The Boy Detective Fails was written with support from the American Musical Voices Project: The Next Generation at Signature Theatre in Arlington, Virginia.

Monica's head is in the clouds most of the time--she takes photos of them and pastes them in a book, trying to capture them before they're gone. But when she discovers her mother in a tryst with a stranger, her entire life begins to feel as ephemeral and unreliable as a cloud. She decides to investigate the mystery of her mother's secret life and the man at its center--but the deeper she goes, the more lost Monica becomes in the labyrinth of her own heart. A new musical drama about desire and its transgressions. [3M, 2F; one intermission]

Cloudlands was written with support from South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, CA.

A workaholic Greek god gets tangled up with a security guard in the basement of the tallest building in the world. One mistake leads to another - a lost pair of scissors, a kiss, a stolen string - and soon Atropos is breaking her own rules to offer forever to an ordinary man. Can the fabric of the universe stand a flaw? An original musical about the three Fates in the modern city.
[4M, 6F (flex); one intermission]

BERNICE BOBS HER HAIR

book and lyrics by Julia Jordan
music by Adam Gwon

adapted from the story by F. Scott Fitzgerald

It’s the summer of 1912, and the teenagers of St. Paul, MN are abuzz with the arrival of Bernice Harvey – the cousin of Marjorie, the most popular girl in town. When Bernice turns out to be a dud, Marjorie makes it her mission to transform Bernice into a modern woman worthy of the Harvey name. But when Bernice’s newfound popularity begins to rival Marjorie’s – and wins the attention of St. Paul’s #1 bachelor, Warren McIntyre – jazz and jealousy turn the world upside-down as Marjorie vows delicious revenge. [6M, 7F; no intermission]

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SOME PLACE LIKE HOME

book, music and lyrics by Adam Gwon

Joanie's in New York and on the search for the perfect apartment. As she scours the city with nothing but chutzpah and some devilish Craigslist ads as her guide, it becomes clear that messy kitchens and sketchy roommates aren't the only thing Joanie's running from. A 15-minute musical that races uptown and downtown (and to Ohio) trying to find what it is we call "home." [5M, 8F (flex); no intermission]

PREFACE

book, music and lyrics by Adam Gwon

Alex is a preface away from having his first book published when he's struck with a sudden inspiration: to marry his longtime boyfriend and get to thank his husband in his new book. But with an editor breathing down his neck and a boyfriend who's less receptive than he'd hoped, Alex finds himself lost for words in this 10-minute musical about what it means to get married today. [2M, 1F; no intermission]

FOLLOWING

music and lyrics by Adam Gwon
story and lyrics by Justin Warner

The neighborhood's changing, and no one is as they seem: especially to Carla and the stranger who's following her home in the dead of night. A 10-minute musical thrill ride through the streets where we live. [1M, 1F; no intermission]